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film · Friday 17 July 2026 · 7:00pm 
The Odyssey - Christopher Nolan - Arc Cinema Cork
At Arc Cinema Cork · North Main Street Centre, Cork City, Co. Cork
At Arc Cinema Cork · North Main Street Centre, Cork City, Co. Cork
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey arrives in Irish cinemas on 17 July 2026, and Arc Cinema Cork is one of the best places in the country to see it. This is a film built for the big screen - shot entirely on IMAX cameras, a world first, and running at three hours and twelve minutes of Homer’s ancient Greek epic rendered with Nolan’s trademark precision and scale. Matt Damon plays Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, recounting his decade-long journey home after the fall of Troy, and the film cuts between his wanderings and life back in Ithaca, where his son Telemachus (Tom Holland) and wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) are running out of time to hold things together. It suits anyone who loves a proper epic - myth-lovers, Nolan devotees, or anyone who simply wants a film that earns its runtime.
The Odyssey follows the shape of Homer’s poem closely enough that its structure will be familiar - a king trying to get home, gods meddling, monsters and temptations along the route, and a palace in crisis. Zendaya plays Athena, the goddess who intervenes on Odysseus’s behalf; Charlize Theron plays Calypso, the island enchantress who holds him; Robert Pattinson is Antinous, the lead suitor threatening Penelope. The supporting cast also includes Lupita Nyong’o, Samantha Morton as Circe, and Jon Bernthal as Menelaus.
Nolan shot the film on practical locations rather than on sets, and used IMAX film cameras throughout - the first feature to do so entirely. Arc Cinema Cork offers both standard screenings and Hypersense screenings, which pair 4K laser projection with Dolby Atmos sound and leather recliners. The 7:00pm showing listed here is a standard screen; Hypersense slots run at 7:45pm if you want the full upgrade.
Arc Cinema Cork is on North Main Street in Cork City centre, easily reachable by Bus Eireann routes from Kent Station or from the city’s main bus terminus on Parnell Place, both a short walk away. Drivers will find the North Main Street multi-storey car park directly across from the cinema - 330 spaces, pay-and-display. Cork City is two hours from Dublin by road on the M7/M8, or roughly two hours twenty minutes on the Cork-Dublin Intercity train from Heuston Station.
Cork City rewards an early arrival - the English Market, the Lee riverfront, and Shandon are all within walking distance of North Main Street. There is more to see in Cork and across Co. Cork.
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